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others, one of the Western nations who were not in alliance 
with the Romans ; or, lastly, a Bulgarian. Great labour 
had been bestowed in properly securing the hoof, so that 
the secret might not be discovered. When the horse was 
afterwards cut into pieces, and, together with its rider, 
consigned to the flames, a brazen image was found buried 
in the hoof, wrapped in a cloak of woollen texture : the 
Latins threw it into the flames, without troubling them- 
selves to decipher the meaning. These barbarians, 
who had no love of what is beautiful, spared not the 
images which stood in the Hippodrome, and all the other 
precious works of art, but coined them into money ; ex- 
changing what was precious for what was vile, and giving 
for small pieces of money what had been UTOught at an 
immense.expense. First, they doomed to destruction the 
mighty statute of Hercules Trihesperus^. The hero 
was represented recumbent on an osier-basket, the lion's 
skin thrown over him : the fierceness of the animal was 
visible even in the brass, and seemed to affright the idle 
multitude around : he was sitting without his quiver, his 
bow, or his club : his right leg and arm were extended to 
their utmost ; his left knee was bent, and he was resting 
his left arm on the elbow : the rest of his hand was 
extended, the open palm denoting his dejection of mind : 
Bluet there existed a mortal hatred. You are aware that of the ' Four 
factions,' the lied and Green had coalesced against the Blue and While: 
hence, an image of the Blue Faction was secretly placed in the statue, as 
a charm against the vioknce of the opposise faction. In the description 
of the Charioteers, Banduri has given the word 'Vuiicv in the text ; for 
which, in his note, he proposes to subs:itute V.v^l'rov. But the word is 
clearly 'fnvvUv ; and refers to the T-.-d Faction, so often mentioned. 
(3) " SpiTing from triple night." Vide T.t/cophron, v. 55. 
